WiLSWorld Conference—July 29-30, 2014
Thank you for attending WiLSWorld2014, Wisconsin’s two-day library innovation and technologies forum hosted by WiLS!
When: July 29th – 30th, 2014
Where: Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison WI
Keynote
WiLS is proud to announce that the opening keynote address for WiLSWorld 2014 will be delivered by Daniel W. Rasmus!
Mr. Rasmus, author of Listening to the Future and Management by Design, is a strategist and industry analyst who helps libraries and other clients put their future in context. Rasmus uses scenarios to analyze trends in society, technology, economics, the environment, and politics in order to discover implications used to develop and refine products, services and experiences. Rasmus writes regularly about the future at Fast Company, iPhone Life, PopMatters and on his own blog: Your Future in Context. His education related work can be found at Learning Reimagined.
Read more about Daniel here.
Conference Presentations
For the full conference schedule with program descriptions, click here.
Monday, July 28th
9:00 am-5:00 pm Preconference Workshop at Madison Public Library, Central
How to Hack It: An Intro to Coding With the WorldCat Search API
Steve Meyer, Technical Platform Project Manager, OCLC
Tuesday, July 29th
8:30-9:00 Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introductions
9:15-10:15 Keynote Address with Daniel W. Rasmus
10:30-11:30 Concurrent Sessions
Q&A with Daniel W. Rasmus
New Project Workshop: A Place to Start Working on Your Good Ideas
Dan Reed, Managing Director, American Family Ventures
Ellen Jacks, Grants Librarian, UW-Madison Memorial Library
Paula Kiely, Director, Milwaukee Public Library
When You Love Something, Set It Free: Let Your Catalog Get Lost Among the Web of Data
Steve Meyer, Technical Platform Project Manager, OCLC
11:45-1:15 Member Lunch and Collaboration Auction
1:30-2:15 Exhibitor Showcase
2:30-3:30 Concurrent Sessions
Wanna Be Friends and Maybe Do Some Cool Stuff?
Stef Morrill, Director, WiLS
Discovery Layers – Collaboration and Implementation
Terri Muraski, Information Systems Librarian and Associate Professor, UW-Stevens Point
Kelly Kroes, WISPALS Consortium Coordinator, Gateway Technical College
Spreading the Word: Novel Marketing For Your Library and Services
Tina Babler, Marketing Library Assistant, Appleton Public Library
Angela Meyers, Public Relations & Special Needs Librarian, Waukesha County Federated Library System
Mellanie Mercier, Library Automation Coordinator, Waukesha County Federated Library System
3:45-4:45 Concurrent Sessions
Learning from Failure: A Support Group
Andrea Coffin, Community Liaison / Service Specialist, WiLS
Digital Humanities – How Libraries Can Be Involved
Jon McKenzie, Director, DesignLab
Kelly Hiser, Digital Humanities Fellow, UW-Madison / Madison Public Library
Innovative Ways to Use Library Space
Bill Robison, Architect and Partner, Engberg Anderson
Kristin Vogel, Director, Mulva Library at St. Norbert College
Kim Boldt, Systems Librarian, St. Norbert College
Julie Gores, Library Director, Libraries & Academic Support Services, Madison College
Donna Marconnet, Technology Librarian, Madison College
5:00-6:00 Cocktail Hour at Pyle Center
Wednesday, July 30th
8:30-9:00 Sign-in and Coffee
9:00-10:15 Keynote Panel – Big Changes, Big Rewards
Greg Mickells, Director, Madison Public Library
Lisa Viezbicke, Director, Morse Library, Beloit College
Patrick Wilkinson, Director, Forrest R. Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
10:30-11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Q&A with Keynote Panel
Evaluation and Assessment of Services
Maccabee Levine, Head of Library Technology Services, Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
Barbara Brattin, Director, Kenosha Public Library
David Ziembiec,Director of Business Solutions + Data Analytics, Cengage Learning
Kitchen Library: Fostering Creativity
Laura Damon-Moore, Cofounder/Editor, Library as Incubator Project; Assistant Director, Eager Free Public Library
Erinn Batykefer, Cofounder/Editor, Library as Incubator Project; Assistant Librarian, Alicia Ashman branch, Madison Public Library
Tana Elias, Digital Services & Marketing Manager, Madison Public Library
11:30-12:15 Technology Mixer Inventory
12:30 Birds of a Feather Lunch at Memorial Union